diff --git a/azalea-client/src/test_simulation.rs b/azalea-client/src/test_simulation.rs
index b9e9b8ec..67dcb818 100644
--- a/azalea-client/src/test_simulation.rs
+++ b/azalea-client/src/test_simulation.rs
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ pub fn make_basic_empty_chunk(
         z: pos.z,
         chunk_data: ClientboundLevelChunkPacketData {
             heightmaps: Nbt::None,
-            data: chunk_bytes.into(),
+            data: Arc::new(chunk_bytes.into()),
             block_entities: vec![],
         },
         light_data: ClientboundLightUpdatePacketData::default(),
diff --git a/azalea-language/src/lib.rs b/azalea-language/src/lib.rs
index bb5d144e..d86a2697 100755
--- a/azalea-language/src/lib.rs
+++ b/azalea-language/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,22 @@ use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::LazyLock};
 
 use compact_str::CompactString;
 
-pub static STORAGE: LazyLock<HashMap<CompactString, CompactString>> =
-    LazyLock::new(|| serde_json::from_str(include_str!("en_us.json")).unwrap());
+pub static STORAGE: LazyLock<Vec<(CompactString, CompactString)>> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    let json =
+        serde_json::from_str::<HashMap<CompactString, CompactString>>(include_str!("en_us.json"))
+            .unwrap();
+    let mut json = json.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    // sort by key to make binary search work
+    json.sort_by(|a, b| a.0.cmp(&b.0));
+
+    json
+});
 
 pub fn get(key: &str) -> Option<&str> {
-    STORAGE.get(key).map(|s| s.as_str())
+    let key = CompactString::from(key);
+    let storage = &*STORAGE;
+    // more memory efficient than a hashmap lookup
+    let index = storage.binary_search_by(|(k, _)| k.cmp(&key));
+    index.ok().map(|i| storage[i].1.as_str())
 }
diff --git a/azalea-protocol/src/packets/game/c_level_chunk_with_light.rs b/azalea-protocol/src/packets/game/c_level_chunk_with_light.rs
index 43237c3b..c27c24a9 100755
--- a/azalea-protocol/src/packets/game/c_level_chunk_with_light.rs
+++ b/azalea-protocol/src/packets/game/c_level_chunk_with_light.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub struct ClientboundLevelChunkPacketData {
     ///
     /// This is an Arc because it's often very big and we want it to be cheap to
     /// clone.
-    pub data: Arc<Vec<u8>>,
+    pub data: Arc<Box<[u8]>>,
     pub block_entities: Vec<BlockEntity>,
 }
 
diff --git a/azalea-world/src/bit_storage.rs b/azalea-world/src/bit_storage.rs
index 1b0c1a56..7d1b72e1 100755
--- a/azalea-world/src/bit_storage.rs
+++ b/azalea-world/src/bit_storage.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,11 @@ impl Error for BitStorageError {}
 impl BitStorage {
     /// Create a new BitStorage with the given number of bits per entry.
     /// `size` is the number of entries in the BitStorage.
-    pub fn new(bits: usize, size: usize, data: Option<Vec<u64>>) -> Result<Self, BitStorageError> {
+    pub fn new(
+        bits: usize,
+        size: usize,
+        data: Option<Box<[u64]>>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, BitStorageError> {
         if let Some(data) = &data {
             // 0 bit storage
             if data.is_empty() {
@@ -132,11 +136,11 @@ impl BitStorage {
             }
             data
         } else {
-            vec![0; calculated_length]
+            vec![0; calculated_length].into()
         };
 
         Ok(BitStorage {
-            data: using_data.into(),
+            data: using_data,
             bits,
             mask,
             size,
@@ -252,7 +256,7 @@ mod tests {
             1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 6, 4, 8, 0, 7, 4, 3, 13, 15, 16, 9, 14, 10, 12, 0, 2,
         ];
         let compact_data: [u64; 2] = [0x0020863148418841, 0x01018A7260F68C87];
-        let storage = BitStorage::new(5, data.len(), Some(compact_data.to_vec())).unwrap();
+        let storage = BitStorage::new(5, data.len(), Some(Box::new(compact_data))).unwrap();
 
         for (i, expected) in data.iter().enumerate() {
             assert_eq!(storage.get(i), *expected);
diff --git a/azalea-world/src/chunk_storage.rs b/azalea-world/src/chunk_storage.rs
index 9592abbf..db5ac877 100755
--- a/azalea-world/src/chunk_storage.rs
+++ b/azalea-world/src/chunk_storage.rs
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ impl Chunk {
                 warn!("Heightmap {name} is not a long array");
                 continue;
             };
-            let data: Vec<u64> = data.iter().map(|x| *x as u64).collect();
+            let data: Box<[u64]> = data.iter().map(|x| *x as u64).collect();
             let heightmap = Heightmap::new(kind, dimension_height, min_y, data);
             heightmaps.insert(kind, heightmap);
         }
diff --git a/azalea-world/src/heightmap.rs b/azalea-world/src/heightmap.rs
index 35142cf2..f1ef30d2 100644
--- a/azalea-world/src/heightmap.rs
+++ b/azalea-world/src/heightmap.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl HeightmapKind {
 }
 
 impl Heightmap {
-    pub fn new(kind: HeightmapKind, dimension_height: u32, min_y: i32, data: Vec<u64>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(kind: HeightmapKind, dimension_height: u32, min_y: i32, data: Box<[u64]>) -> Self {
         let bits = math::ceil_log2(dimension_height + 1);
         let data = BitStorage::new(bits as usize, 16 * 16, Some(data)).unwrap();
         Self { kind, data, min_y }
diff --git a/azalea-world/src/palette.rs b/azalea-world/src/palette.rs
index dd5f7daa..97786e7c 100755
--- a/azalea-world/src/palette.rs
+++ b/azalea-world/src/palette.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ impl PalettedContainer {
     pub fn new(container_type: PalettedContainerKind) -> Self {
         let palette = Palette::SingleValue(0);
         let size = container_type.size();
-        let storage = BitStorage::new(0, size, Some(vec![])).unwrap();
+        let storage = BitStorage::new(0, size, Some(Box::new([]))).unwrap();
 
         PalettedContainer {
             bits_per_entry: 0,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl PalettedContainer {
             bits_per_entry.into(),
             size,
             if data.is_empty() {
-                Some(vec![])
+                Some(Box::new([]))
             } else {
                 // we're going to update the data after creating the bitstorage
                 None